Teach your students how to give directions. I worked for Grubhub for about a week. UCLA students made me quit. I swear. I knew more about where they live and it's my first time there. Just teach them what a cross street is, please.

Beautiful campus, good school...NOT a great school. Very good at self promotion, but the steep/insane grading curve used by many professors (a 91% can be a "C") and ridiculously large lectures (400 students in one class) scream lousy pedagogy. Lots of good programs, but again, if you are first generation, low income, and an ethnic minority, there are better schools that will really welcome, challenge, and teach you well. I now live on the east coast and here's the naked reality...not many people, professional and otherwise, know that much about UCLA. You can do better. Take a good look, ask about retention, advising, housing, and post graduation placement assistance. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

U C L A! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!! Okay maybe I'm not the first to say that catchy chant, but it's always fun to sing regardless. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to gain admission to this school of awesomeness. Maybe I can finish my graduate degree in Economics or Business some day... A man can only dream. I love UCLA, because of my favorite basketball coach of all time John Wooden! RIP Mr. Wooden. I've read your books and live by your code. I didn't get to see him coach, but I did get to watch a few UCLA home games. I watched UCLA destroy South Carolina a few years back. The campus is BEAUTIFUL! It is very very large. Hopefully your classes are near your living area or you may want to invest in some hiking boots. I'm pretty sure most freshman LOSE the Freshman 15! There are plenty of beautiful people. The student body is very diverse, so you'll find beautiful people from all cultures. The dorm food is bomb! You also eat on real Corningware dishes and silverware. NO plastic or funky colored trays and plates here *sigh*. It doesn't feel like a dorm. The new dinning hall experience is like visiting a convention center dining area inside a hotel. Undie Run! I was visiting a poker buddy of mine and I got a chance to take part in the Undie Run! I already had my degree not from UCLA, so I didn't feel the complete joy of completing Finals or graduating. Basically if you haven't heard, the Undie Run is a way Bruins blow of steam after finals by running on to campus in only their underwear. The only con for this run is I wish I knew about it sooner, because I was running 1 or 2 years-POST-6 pack. I could have worked out more. Also, I have only been lifting weights when I did workout I slacked off on the cardio. So running/jogging a quarter mile to campus I learn how out of shape I was. I felt more like 10 minute car than a 10 second car, not fast or furious. It was a bit creepy how spectators would stand by and record what was going on. That was still less disturbing than a guy who wanted me to give him a boost so he can ride the UCLA bear statue and he was wearing only a Jock Strap. NEGATIVE!~! Some students went crazy in the quad and started setting of sprinklers. The cops later broke up the celebration. There was this on crazy chick enjoying herself that was wearing only a g-string with her hair as a top. Maybe she wanted to be a mermaid. I'm sorry but I have to add the best movie quote about UCLA from the movie Can't Hardly Wait: "Kenny Fisher: I mean peep this - They say here 92 percent of the honeys at UCLA are sexually active. 92 percent of the women in Los Angeles at UCLA walking around going, "Class... or sex? What shall I do?" 92 percent, yo! Hey, you know what that means? Ritchie Koolboy: What? Kenny Fisher: It means I gots a 92 percent chance of embarrassing myself. I roll up on that shorty be like, "What's up yo?" she be like, "You don't know 20 different ways to make me call you Big Poppa" cuz I don't yo. " Besides the beautiful women and crazy parties. This a wonderful school where you can get your Learn ON! Yes, you do have to study unlike private schools. It is like any other great UC! *cough* USC sucks ass! UCLA you are awesome. Please accept me!!

UCLA is vibrant/amazing. The "institution" captures you because it'll challenge you beyond and above your limitations, and it captivates your heart because it embodies wisdom and commands respect.

Got my Masters here. Super hilly campus, but always very alive. There's a ton to do on campus and the general student population is great. Expensive tho...